8TH EDITION OF 'WE ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION'-WATFON

Who do you most admire? A former teacher, a world leader, a neighbor, your boss? As adults, we tend to give little thought to the idea of having a “role model,” as we regard this to be a quality that children seek from the adults in their lives.  However, if you stop and consider who most influences you now, and why, you’ll no doubt agree that the people you admire now are giving you your most important life lessons.

It is based on these ideas that WATFON was set up in Nigeria.

Ever heard of WATFON before?
This acronym simply means 'We Are The Future Of Our Nation'.
WATFON is organized annually by Edumark Consult, with the core objectives of  Inspiring Patriotism,Celebrating Role Models and Promoting Unity among these young Nigerians.
On the 5th of March, 2014, at about 10am, at 10 DEGREE EVENTS CENTRE, Oregun-Ikeja, students from all parts of Lagos State joined other students from other states to learn, get inspired and listen to role models from different walks of life.
The Fountain Heights Secondary School family was there to grace the momentous occasion.

Below are clips from the event:

Her Excellency, Mrs. Olufunso Amosu, wife of the Executive Governor of Ogun State. She was one of the discussant who shared her wealth of experience to inspire students present at the event.

Seating at Stephanie's left hand side, is Dr. (Mrs.) Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, daughter of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. She has been known to always standing for the truth-an impressive model students learnt a lot from.

The Former Commissioner for Education and Health-Lagos State, Dr. Leke Pitan and our radiant Environmental Scientist/Actress, Stephanie Okereke, who thrilled the crowd on "Things I Wish I Had Known At 16".

A cross-section of students from our uncommon school, Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere-Lagos. Learning from role models.

A cross-section of students from Top Grade Secondary School, Surulere-Lagos. Focused on important personalities at the event. They are an epitome of organization.

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The ever-dynamic and colourful dance group from Fountain Heights Secondary School, who dazzled the audience with their flexibility and agility.

The cake of Unity on display at the event.

How Mobile Technology is Advancing in Africa- By Sade Adebayo

First of all, communications are becoming more fluent, allowing people to share information better and faster, whether it is words, images, information or documents. This is certainly improving the quality of both private and professional lives, making them both easier and quicker, connecting people and companies from different states and bringing them closer.

On a business level, mobile technology is enabling Africa to become competitive with the rest of the world, entering markets that were really hard to access before, without any internet connection and such lack of electronic devices. Thanks to this, many locals have started their own small businesses selling their own products getting in contact directly with providers via smartphone rather than having an external enterprise take care of it. For example in Nigeria, a local farmer that buys a used blackberry and is already aware of the price his crops have in the market thanks to Internet, so in this way he will know how much money to expect from retailers. Thanks to this, fair trade is more extended than before, and thus improving the life of many.

The quality of life is increasing exponentially: education, healthcare, transport are all undergoing a great improvement thanks to mobile technology enabling more efficient, better managed and more accessible means while also reducing and important amount of costs. The investment that international companies are making in various parts of Africa in order to boost mobile technology is enormous, especially in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa or Kenya, and the result is that in 2013 the World Bank estimated that Africa's growth was 5.6% and will of course continue to grow throughout 2014.

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Last but not least, mobile technology is creating an employment sector that was unknown before by locals, which is the Information Technology sector. What is more, some African universities have been teaching an information technology major for years, and they have recently experienced a boost in the past years since it is a very demanded field of studies.

Nelson Mandela- In One Word.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18^th July, 1918 – 5^th December, 2013) was a South African anti-aparthied  revolutionary, political and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa’s first black chief executive and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Mandela passed on 5^th December this year.

Now you, yes you- In ONE word- How would you describe Nelson Mandela? Just One word.

Kindly leave your comment below.

Thank you.

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